Welcome to our Freyberg sandpit space
Feel free to explore wikispaces functionality.
Click on New Page, to the left, to create a sandpit space for yourself. Use your name as a page name. All pages you create will show up in the left hand navigation bar.
Here is a great educational guide created by UNSW: 'Guide to Wikispaces'
This link is also a useful help guide: Help guide
Go to your wiki and click on Manage wiki - Look and Feel
Select a theme and change the colours if you wish. You can also remove the flowerpot logo and replace it with your own 150 x 150 pixel image
Select from the following that are of interest......
4. Adjusting the navigation bar
Click on EDIT NAVIGATION. The grey box is the widget that automatically adds new pages to the list. You CAN delete this and do a totally manual list
OR you can add some manual items such as headings or external links.
5. Add some text to a page
Create some headings you might use on your page - don't worry too much about adding detail at this point
Use Heading 1 for your title and Heading 2 for sub-sections
6. Add a TOC
If you want a table of contents: at the top of your page type the letters toc in between 2 square brackets. Remember Heading 2 format will indent.
[[toc]]
7. Insert an image
Try inserting this image from FlickR using the External Image tab - http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3787240834_b66a263005.jpg NOTE: Many FlickR users are happy to share their images for non-commercial purposes. To locate images with a Creative Commons licence go to the advanced search tool - http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ - tick the Creative Commons box at the bottom of the page and search for a term/tag.If you use other people's images you generally need to attribute their work with a link to the source
8. Insert a voki
First go hereto create your voki. Now copy the voki code (do this by clicking on "publish your voki" and then copy the embed code). Now to put it in the wiki just click on "widget" while in edit mode; then on the bottom of the left hand column click on "Other HTML" then simply paste the code. You wont see it properly until you save you edits.
9. Insert a video
Go to Youtube or BlipTV and search for a suitable video
Locate the embed code for the video and COPY it
Click on the blue TV icon in the toolbar, select the OTHER HTML option (works best)
PASTE the code into the box provided.
You'll see a grey MEDIA box
Save
10. Try the discussion area
Click on the Discussion tab on a page and create a new thread
11. Try embedding some other features
table, poll, RSS feed etc
Suggestions for how to use a wiki in the classroom:
Table of Contents
Feel free to explore wikispaces functionality.
Click on New Page, to the left, to create a sandpit space for yourself. Use your name as a page name. All pages you create will show up in the left hand navigation bar.
Here is a great educational guide created by UNSW: 'Guide to Wikispaces'
This link is also a useful help guide: Help guide
1. Create an account and 2. Create a wiki
Go to www.wikispaces.com3. Design/ layout
Go to your wiki and click on Manage wiki - Look and FeelSelect a theme and change the colours if you wish. You can also remove the flowerpot logo and replace it with your own 150 x 150 pixel image
Select from the following that are of interest......
4. Adjusting the navigation bar
Click on EDIT NAVIGATION. The grey box is the widget that automatically adds new pages to the list. You CAN delete this and do a totally manual listOR you can add some manual items such as headings or external links.
5. Add some text to a page
Create some headings you might use on your page - don't worry too much about adding detail at this pointUse Heading 1 for your title and Heading 2 for sub-sections
6. Add a TOC
If you want a table of contents: at the top of your page type the letters toc in between 2 square brackets. Remember Heading 2 format will indent.7. Insert an image
Try inserting this image from FlickR using the External Image tab - http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3787240834_b66a263005.jpgNOTE: Many FlickR users are happy to share their images for non-commercial purposes. To locate images with a Creative Commons licence go to the advanced search tool - http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ - tick the Creative Commons box at the bottom of the page and search for a term/tag.If you use other people's images you generally need to attribute their work with a link to the source
8. Insert a voki
First go hereto create your voki. Now copy the voki code (do this by clicking on "publish your voki" and then copy the embed code). Now to put it in the wiki just click on "widget" while in edit mode; then on the bottom of the left hand column click on "Other HTML" then simply paste the code. You wont see it properly until you save you edits.9. Insert a video
Go to Youtube or BlipTV and search for a suitable videoLocate the embed code for the video and COPY it
Click on the blue TV icon in the toolbar, select the OTHER HTML option (works best)
PASTE the code into the box provided.
You'll see a grey MEDIA box
Save
10. Try the discussion area
Click on the Discussion tab on a page and create a new thread11. Try embedding some other features
table, poll, RSS feed etcSuggestions for how to use a wiki in the classroom:
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